OVERTHROW, verb transitive [See Throw.] 1. To turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. 2. To throw down. 3. To ruin; to demolish. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. 4. To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy. 5. To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion. O'VERTHROW, noun 1. The state of being overturned or turned off the basis. 2. Ruin; destruction; as the overthrow of the state. 3. Defeat; discomfiture; as the overthrow of enemies. 4. Degradation.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI